Information disclosure in ABB Asset Suite



Published: 2020-03-13
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-18998
CWE-ID N/A
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Asset Suite
Server applications / SCADA systems

Vendor ABB

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Authorization bypass through user-controlled key

EUVDB-ID: #VU26058

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18998

CWE-ID: N/A

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information in the application.

The vulnerability exist due to improper access controls used to limit user access to resources. A remote user who knows or discovered the URL for a resource they do not have permissions to, they would be able to access the resource by browsing directly to the URL.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Asset Suite: 9.6

External links

http://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK107492A9962&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
http://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-072-02


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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